Sonoma County

MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race
. Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map
.

Number of Races Selected

Number

Percent of Total

Percent of Multiracial

Two Races

17,381

3.79%

92.72%

Three Races

1,247

0.27%

6.65%

Four Races

99

0.02%

0.53%

Five Races

18

0.00%

0.10%

Six Races

0

0.00%

0.00%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency

Rank

Multiple Race Selection

Number

Percent of Total Population

Percent of Multiple Race Population

1.

White and Some Other Race

6,063

1.32%

32.34%

2.

White and American Indian

4,029

0.88%

21.49%

3.

White and Asian

3,128

0.68%

16.69%

4.

White and Black

1,491

0.33%

7.95%

5.

Asian and Some Other Race

574

0.13%

3.06%

6.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

470

0.10%

2.51%

7.

American Indian and Some Other Race

422

0.09%

2.25%

8.

Black and Some Other Race

337

0.07%

1.80%

9.

White and Black and American Indian

328

0.07%

1.75%

10.

Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

263

0.06%

1.40%

11.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

199

0.04%

1.06%

12.

White and American Indian and Some Other Race

176

0.04%

0.94%

13.

Black and American Indian

171

0.04%

0.91%

14.

American Indian and Asian

164

0.04%

0.87%

15.

Black and Asian

143

0.03%

0.76%

16.

White and American Indian and Asian

130

0.03%

0.69%

17.

White and Asian and Some Other Race

120

0.03%

0.64%

18.

White and Black and Some Other Race

75

0.02%

0.40%

19.

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

51

0.01%

0.27%

20.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

45

0.01%

0.24%

21.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

45

0.01%

0.24%

22.

White and Black and Asian

42

0.01%

0.22%

23.

White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

37

0.01%

0.20%

24.

American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

30

0.01%

0.16%

25.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian

28

0.01%

0.15%

26.

White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

20

0.00%

0.11%

27.

American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

18

0.00%

0.10%

28.

American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

16

0.00%

0.09%

29.

Black and American Indian and Asian

15

0.00%

0.08%

30.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

15

0.00%

0.08%

31.

White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

14

0.00%

0.07%

32.

White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

10

0.00%

0.05%

33.

Black and Asian and Some Other Race

9

0.00%

0.05%

34.

White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

9

0.00%

0.05%

35.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

8

0.00%

0.04%

36.

Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

7

0.00%

0.04%

37.

Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

6

0.00%

0.03%

38.

Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

5

0.00%

0.03%

39.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

5

0.00%

0.03%

40.

White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

5

0.00%

0.03%

41.

White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

4

0.00%

0.02%

42.

Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

4

0.00%

0.02%

43.

American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

3

0.00%

0.02%

44.

Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

2

0.00%

0.01%

45.

White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.01%

46.

Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.01%

47.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.01%

48.

White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.01%

49.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.01%

50.

White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.01%

51.

Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race